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• Start your ovens: Pie!

  Stories and recipes for historical favorites such as lemon meringue and apple as well as cultural imports such as bean and mincemeat

  • by Lisa Sorg
  • Dec 5, 2012

• When life gives you lemons, make lemon meringue

  Brooke Erceg has spent seven years working on her grandmother's lemon meringue recipe: "In a way, I think she wanted me to figure them out on my own. Just like she did. One pie at a time."

  • by Victoria Bouloubasis
  • Dec 5, 2012

• Mincemeat: the darling mutt of pies

  "Hi, this is Lauren, Eric Hodge's wife," began the voicemail. Drawing out every word, she declared: "I'm calling to defend the mince pie."

  • by Victoria Bouloubasis
  • Dec 5, 2012

• Open w-i-i-i-de for blueberry-banana p-i-i-i-e

  Horace Johnson has hawked pie ("with three i's") at the N.C. State Fair for almost 30 years. His wife, Frankie, is known for her blueberry-banana pies, which Horace calls a "more adult-y pie."

  • by Emily Wallace
  • Dec 5, 2012

• Embarking on the great bean pie hunt

  Many attribute the original bean pie recipe to Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. But Muhammad's son Jabir says today's pie evolved from a recipe by Lana Shabazz, personal chef to Muhammad Ali.

  • by Victoria Bouloubasis
  • Dec 5, 2012

• Sweet potato pie: better than pumpkin

  In Vardaman, Miss., you had to wear heels to compete for the title of Sweet Potato Queen. April McGreger, aka the Farmer's Daughter, wobbled in such shoes: "I knew very early I wouldn't be a Sweet Potato Queen."

  • by Emily Wallace
  • Dec 5, 2012

• A twist on apple pie

  Emily Elizabeth Hilliard undoubtedly deserves the title "pie girl." In 2005, well before food blogs (or pies) were en vogue, she began blogging about the pastry at nothinginthehouse.com.

  • by Emily Wallace
  • Dec 5, 2012

• In Man vs. Pie, it's a draw

  He took one bite, made a face and put the plate on top of the Amiga. A few days later I noticed the plate was still on top of the monitor and the pie hadn't changed in the slightest...

  • by JP Trostle
  • Dec 5, 2012